Tetanus in injecting drug users, United Kingdom [10]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 709-710

  Hahné, Susan J M ^a,d   White, Joanne M ^a   Crowcroft, Natasha S ^a   Brett, Moira M ^a   George, Robert C ^a   Beeching, Nick J ^b   Roy, Kirsty ^c   Goldberg, David ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33645464674     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1204.050599     Document Type: Letter

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